Fascinating Biographical Sketch for

Jerry T. Bonnell

I received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1987 after satisfying the Bursar's office that I had paid all of my fees. While in the Astronomy program at Maryland, my advisor, Roger Bell, patiently guided me through the completion of a Ph.D. thesis whose title was really too long to fit on any of the official forms. In 1988, I came to NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center and enjoyed working on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) projects. Since 1992 I have been a member of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) Science Support Center (SSC) staff in the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA). Lately, my research efforts have involved multiwavelength studies of gamma-ray selected blazars and studies of the time histories and spectral evolution of cosmic gamma-ray bursts.

Selected Publications

"Brightness-Independent Measurements of Gamma-Ray Burst Durations", Bonnell, J.T., et. al., 1998 Ap.J. 490, 79.

"The Gamma-Ray Bursts of Doom", Sky and Telescope, February 1998, Leonard, P.J.T. and Bonnell, J.T.

"The Scale of the Universe Debate in 1996", Bonnell, J.T., Nemiroff, R.J., Goldstein, J.J., 1996, PASP, 108, 1065.

"Attributes of Pulses in Long Bright Gamma-Ray Bursts", Norris, J.P. et. al. (Bonnell, J. coauthor), 1996, Ap.J. 459, 393.

"Duration Distributions of Bright and Dim Gamma-Ray Bursts", Norris, J.P. et. al. (Bonnell, J. coauthor), 1995 Ap.J. 439, 542.

"Gross Spectral Differences Between Bright and Dim Gamma-Ray Bursts" Nemiroff, R.J., (Bonnell, J. coauthor), 1994 Ap.J. 435, L133.

"Detection of Signature Consistent With Cosmological Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts", Norris, J.P. et. al. (Bonnell, J. coauthor), 1994 Ap. J., 424, 540.

"Ultraviolet Observations of the Gamma-Ray Blazar 3C 279 following the Gamma-Ray Flare of 1991 June", Bonnell, J.T., Vestrand W.T., and Stacy, J.G., 1994 Ap. J., 420, 545.